Tag: Japan

From Associated Press reports: One of the last two surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders — who bombed Japan in an attack that stunned that nation and boosted U.S. morale — died in Montana on Wednesday. Retired Staff Sgt. David Jonathan Thatcher died Wednesday in a Missoula hospital. He was 94. He suffered a stroke […]

Japan’s military was on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch, a government source said on Tuesday, with media reporting its navy and anti-missile Patriot batteries have been told to shoot down any projectile heading for Japan. North Korea appeared to have moved an intermediate-range missile to its east coast, but there were […]

Tens of thousands joined together Sunday in a massive protest against the presence of U.S. military bases on the southwestern Japanese island of Okinawa, where an American contractor and former Marine is accused of raping and killing a local woman. The rally calls for a review of the U.S.-Japanese security agreement, which burdens Okinawa with […]

During WWII, as the Imperial Japanese suicide pilots boarded their aircraft, they were told that they were honorable and were to be reward . . . While American service-members provided these pilots with a more realistic title – Baka, Japanese for “fool” or “idiot.”

For decades we have enjoyed a strong relationship with the people of Japan. It is imperative that each sailor understand how our actions affect that relationship and the U.S. Japan alliance as a whole, Rear Admiral Matthew Carter, commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan said in a press release on Monday.

FighterSweep Fans, I teased you a couple months ago with a little snippet of the Dambusters Cruise video. Ever since that video came out, we at FighterSweep have been accused of being heartless and cruel for such a tease. Subsequently, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to rectify that situation, because it’s only a tease if […]

TOKYO –  The U.S. military in Japan is restricting celebrations and off-base alcohol consumption in Okinawa after the arrest of a former Marine suspected of killing a woman on the southern Japanese island. The Marine Corps commander in Japan said Saturday the measures are not punishment but an effort to show respect for the victim’s […]

The US military in Japan is restricting celebrations and off-base alcohol consumption in Okinawa after the arrest of a former Marine suspected of killing a woman on the southern Japanese island. The Marine Corps commander in Japan said on Saturday the measures were not punishment but an effort to show respect for the victim’s family and mourn with the […]

The leaders of the Group of Seven rich economies ended a summit Friday by issuing an action plan for countering terrorism and other risks to peace and global growth, including the massive flows of refugees and migrants fleeing to Europe to escape conflict and poverty at home. A sweeping declaration from the meeting at a […]

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe publicly chastised President Obama Wednesday over the recent murder of a woman in Okinawa, which Japanese police have linked to an American worker at a U.S. military base. “At the outset of our small group discussion, I firmly launched a protest against President Obama as the Japanese prime minister with regards […]

United States Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson considered sharing the atomic bomb; in his plan to President Harry Truman. Secretary Stimson expressed a prophetic understanding of the global dynamics of what would soon become an international arms race for dominance of atomic and nuclear armament: The Cold War.  Secretary Stimson’s plan addressed the fundamental […]

Japan’s first F-35’s will be flying sorties from Luke Air Force Base by the end of 2016 according to a Lockheed Martin spokesman. The first batch of four is slated to roll off LockMart’s production line in November, with JASDF students flying missions shortly thereafter. That’s another step in the right direction for a production […]